The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-08

crew of twenty-five men belonging to tn.
| whaling bark Napoleon OF this port, lost
in the Arctic in the summer OF 1885, ma.
yet be alive. -,
Seven. members Of the. PPlainfie1d, N. j..
volunteer fire epartment-Theodoro Va,
Ness, Lewis Van Ness, Horace Van Ness
George Reed, Philip Hapenny, Robert
rested. accused of having been the orig ina
tors Of the hundred or more incendiary
| fires that have taken place in the city dur
ing the last ten or twelve years.
Considerable excitement has been caused
| in religious circles OF Montreal by suit
which has been instituted in the superior
| court by Rev. Pierre Napoleon Huneault,
! Of the Order Of the Holy Cross, known as
Brother Wilfred, against Rev. Brother
Louage, provincial OF the order and supe'
rior OF Cote des Neises college, for IS, 600
His health has been greatly shattered, by
arduous duties as teacher. Three years
ago he took the perpetual VOWS from the
principal of the order, and since he has
been stationed at Memramcook. Some
few months ago he was ordered up to Mon.
treal against the advice of his doctor.
One day in July the superior Rev. Mr..
pills for a day in the mountains. The petit
toner remarked that he was too sick to
| do SO. This put the superior in a great
rage and told him that he was possessed
OF diabolical spirit, and ordered him to
leave the room.
| Robert Martin was killed, George Law
son fatally and four other miners badly
injured by an explosion Of dualin at ORA.
per colliery at Gilberton, Pa.
At Chicago, John Strueby, a barber. shot
George kuhler, a bartender, twice inflict-
ing fatal wounds. Strueby made no effort
to escape arrest. He claims that his wife
had been untrue to him.
At Delray,. Mich, fire broke out in the
pany. All but the hoop mill were destroy
ed. The loss is $250,OO0; insurance,
SCI, 900.
The house of commons on Monday even
ing the 29th, Holland, colonial secretary,
! read cablegram from Lord Lans-
downe, governor general of Canada, declar.
! ing the report that Sir John Macdonald
| had said that he would not hesitate to ask
the aid OF imperial troops to stop the con-
| struction of the Manitoba railway to be a
| pure fabrica ton. Lord Lansdowne also
said in his dispatch: The provincial
act for the construction OF the
by me on the advice OF responsible advisers,
| on the ground that the proposed line
would tap the traffic of the Canadian Pa
cific railway and thereby seriously injure
the interest of the whole country, which
had submitted to a large sacrifice in order
to unite the provinces by a national road.
Jimmy" McDevitt a we'll known bur-
gIar and nephew OF Jim Elliot, the prize
fighter, who was killed by Jerry Dunn at
Chicago a few years ago, met with q viO-
lent death in New York while trying to es-
fro, CT l,o,,1 ,<,1 Il IL,
covered. He was surprised by porter
who closed the door on him and sent for a
policeman. After a desperate struggle to
escape, McDevitt plunged through a plate
glass window. He was caught by the stom-
ach and disemboweled. When released he
was dead.
AT Lebanon, KY, several buildings. in
one OF which was the Standard. Times Of
flee, were burned. Loss, $4,000.
In the Nineteenth Century appears an
article by Mr.. Gladstone entitled "Elector-
| ri Facts Of 1881" in which he says: The
general election Of 1886 indicated not the
conviction but the perplexity OF the coun-
try. The results OF the recent elections
are equivalent to an improved Liberal
strength OF % per cent and giving the Con-
servatives the benefit Of all doubts, new
election would leave the latter in a minor
lty OF 1O3. This basis is to narrow to al
low OF a demonstration or the expression
| OF undue confidence on the part OF the Lib
erals; but viewing the figure in cold blood
| a rational Tory or dissident will proba-
bly, regard them as OF marked significance,
| and may even begin to inquire, in rcfec-
tive temper. 'Where is all this to end?''
"Blinky' Morgan, the burglar who is
! ing Detective Hulligan, and who while be-.
| ing captured at Alpena, Mich. Il short
time SINCE fatally shot Sheriff Lynch, has
! been indicated in Michigan for robbing the
| postofiice and Il jcwelry store at Hart,
Oceana county. This is the crime for which
Morgan was imprisoned when he broke
from the Grand Rapids Jail. The circum-
! stances surrounding his escape from that
Jail are shrouded in mystery.
mile tickets over the Northern Pacific least
| OF the Missouri river) and on the Manito.
ba roads will be reduced from $50 to$25.
Henry S. Anderson. OF Sexton, Ark, has
| been convicted OF six separate offenses
against the pension laws.
The legislature convened in extra session
! at Helena, Montana. The session was
called principally to consider the question
! OF repeating the bounty law and amending
the revenue law passed at the last regular
! session.
Charles Dickens, the son of the great
| novelist. is expected to arrive in this
country about the middle of October. He
will visit nearly all the principal cities and
read selections from his faith er's works.
The steamer A. G. Ropes arrived in Ia
| coma thirty.one days out from Yokoha-
ma, with the largest cargo oftea ever landed
on the Pacific coast. The cargo comprises
45, 725 packages, enough to make IT'S car
loads. 1t will be shipped on special freight
trains over the Northern Pacific, and will
make ten train loads. The bulk of the
tea is consigned to Chicago and New York,
but over 1000 packages are destined
to St. Paul and Sill packages are con.
signed to Montreal, Ottawa and other
Canadian points.
At Leyanna, Ohio. a fire destroyed the
| large steam saw mill of Pritchard & Kill.
patrick. The loss 10 100000.
Two men belonging to gang OF bridge
builders near Chadron, Neb., attempted to
| force their way into the house of a Mrs,
Bolts. She shot both OF them.
1t Is stated on good authority that
Henry Georges friends have subscribed
SIS, OCO for the establishment of an even.
ing paper to be called the Evening Stand
| ard.
The London Times protests against the
treatment to which British sealers in
Behring' 8 sea are subjected by the Ameri
con authorities in Alaska, and suggests
that the government send a cruiser to Alas
kan waters to secure strictly legal treat
ment for British vessels.
| Ferguson, parliamentary secretary 70,
the foreign office, announced in the house
| OF commons that the government haC
| agreed upon new commission to repre-
sent British interests in the North Ameri
can fisheries. He added that Joseph Cham
berlain had accepted the Office of principa
high commissioner for Great Britain. Fer
guson said that the elaboration OF the
commission would be solely upon the
points in controversy between Canada and
The United States.
Lieut.. l.. Il. Hare, Seventh cavalry. who
WAS formerly aide de-camp to Gen. Terry
and who recently resigned as adjutant Of
his regiment, has been appointed as aide
de-camp to Maj. Gen. Alfred H. Terry, com
handing the division OF the Missouri.
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